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Manlius grades A− overall, 136th of 745 graded towns in New York, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 87% of the country and its schools outperform 82% of the state's. It also does better than most on incomes: the median household earns $113K. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $254K for a typical one and 3.4 times the Syracuse metro’s $75K median household income. 57% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Manlius, above both New York’s towns (32%) and U.S. towns (29%). Green Lakes State Park, at 1,947 acres with 29.5 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Manlius is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 75% of U.S. towns.
Where Manlius beats most towns.
Census counts: 5,372 in 1820, 33,712 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1900.
6 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within New York), ordered by how far Manlius is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Manlius. Close and well known come first.
8 mi Stadium & arenaJMA Wireless Dome
12 mi LakeOnondaga Lake
in town State parkGreen Lakes State Park
9 mi Stadium & arenaOncenter War Memorial Arena
29 mi National MonumentFort Stanwix National Monument78K visitors a year
10 mi Stadium & arenaAlliance Bank StadiumJMA Wireless Dome: Jimhoward03, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Onondaga Lake: R. A. Nonenmacher, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Green Lakes State Park: Ebedgert at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Oncenter War Memorial Arena: Crazyale, Public domain · Fort Stanwix National Monument: NPS photo, Public domain · Alliance Bank Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Manlius, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Aug 3, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Manlius.
Manlius gets more snow than nearly all U.S. towns and is safe by national standards but not by New York’s; it also carries more natural-hazard risk than most of New York (mostly inland flooding).
Across 25 parks and preserves: 55 miles of trail. Manlius’ concentration of trails comes in at 1.1 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Green Lakes State Park | 29.5 mi | 1,947 |
| 2. Mill Run Park | 2 mi | 46 |
| 3. Duguid Park | 2 mi | 33 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Fayetteville-Manlius Central School District. Three of its 12 schools are below, each with the reason it’s listed. Public school enrollment here: 2,429 students across 6 schools.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 697 | C− |
| Fayetteville-Manlius Senior High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,343 | A |
| East Syracuse Minoa Central High SchoolTop results in townGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,185 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within NY on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with New York is food insecurity: 8.7% of its 9,488 adults worry about having enough food, against 17.2% statewide.
This New York town beats the New York average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 4. 83% of adults had a checkup this year in Manlius.
| Manlius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 16% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 13% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 20% | 25% | 25% |
| What stands out | Manlius | NY |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 17.2% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.1% | 7.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 7.7% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The average commute for its 14,509 working residents takes 21.2 minutes, against 32.6 across New York.
Among workers in Manlius, 16% work remotely from home. Only 14% of working residents stay in Manlius for work; the rest commute out. For Manlius, the mean commuting time is 21 minutes. The top destinations are Syracuse (29%), DeWitt (14%) and Salina (4%).
| Manlius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $113,000 | $82,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 21 minutes | 25 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 16% | 12% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 5.6% | 9.5% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that 128 inches of snow fall in a normal winter, more than in 99% of U.S. towns. The Syracuse Hancock Intl Ap weather station, 7 miles away, records that about 10 days a year reach 90°: fewer than most of the country, but more than 78% of New York places with climate records.
The typical July afternoon high in Manlius is 82°F.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 85% of New York towns, with expected losses of about $372 per resident a year; that rating is what its C for hazard risk is built on.
Households in Manlius have drawn federal disaster aid in 3 declared disasters, most recently in 2011. For Manlius, the FEMA risk score is 63 of 100. Since 1978, Manlius has seen 43 flood insurance claims paid out. 85% of the town’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding.
FEMA disaster declarations and aid · FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 14.5 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 51% of New York’s graded towns. Violent crime is rare: 20 reported in 2025, 0.8 per 1,000 residents.
Manlius’ level of violent crime is 0.8 per 1,000 residents. The property crime rate for Manlius comes to 10.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Manlius | New York towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 10.7 per 1,000 residents | 7.5 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.8 per 1,000 residents | 0.8 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
In Manlius, the midpoint rent is $1,143 a month.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
8 within 15 miles of the center of Manlius
About 4 of every 100 Manlius residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across New York.
Where Manlius’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
6 places in Manlius on the National Register of Historic Places.
6 notable people were born in Manlius.
Town in New York, United States
Manlius is a town to the southeast of Syracuse in Onondaga County, New York, United States. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 33,712, making it the third largest suburb in metropolitan Syracuse. In 2005, the town was ranked 98th on CNN's list of Best Places to Live. The town of Manlius includes a village also named Manlius, along with the villages of Fayetteville and Minoa. It is located on the eastern border of Onondaga County.
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5 towns share a border with Manlius.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Pompey (A−) comes closest.
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Manlius grades A− overall, better than 85% of U.S. towns and #136 of 745 in New York. It grades A for health, B for safety and A− for schools.
The typical home is worth about $254,000, 52% below the New York typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
6 notable people were born here, including John J. Peck and Truman H. Hoag.
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